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Nyad was born in New York City on August 22, 1949, to Lucy Winslow Curtis (1925–2007) [10] and stockbroker William L. Sneed Jr. Her mother was a great-granddaughter of Charlotte N. Winslow, the inventor of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a popular morphine-based medicine for children's teething pain that was manufactured from 1849 until the 1930s. [11]
Netflix’s new film Nyad tells the harrowing story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, 74, who tried—and failed—to swim from Cuba to Florida when she was 28, and how she eventually accomplished ...
At approximately 2pm on 2 September 2013, Diana Nyad staggered onto the beach in Key West, Florida, about 53 hours after she first stepped into the water in Havana, Cuba. She fell at least twice.
Netflix's "Nyad" takes viewers on the inside story of how famed marathon swimmer Diane Nyad swam across the Florida Strait — the waters between Cuba and Key West — at age 64. The film, based ...
A decade after she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida, without a shark cage, Diana Nyad’s epic journey has been chronicled in a highly anticipated Netflix biopic.
Her success encouraged her to become an entrepreneur and she had further success through her partnership with Diana Nyad. Stoll and Nyad met at the Stamford Racquetball Club where Stoll was a head pro instructor. [5] The two created an athletic coaching company called BravaBody, which included fitness videos and tutorials.
The brand-new film Nyad, streaming now on Netflix, stars Annette Bening as swimmer Diana Nyad. It follows Nyad's attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida, which she first tried in 1978 at age 28 ...
2013: On her fifth attempt and at the age of 64, Diana Nyad became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage, swimming from Havana to Key West. [126] 2013: Scotland's solicitor general, Lesley Thomson, became the first woman to be appointed to Scottish Rugby's board. [127]